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LA protests live updates: Trump mobilizes 700 Marines to respond to anti-ICE demonstrations [View all]
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Source: The Independent
As many as 700 Marines have been mobilized by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to support a total of 2,000 National Guard troops deployed by President Donald Trump in an effort to quell protests against his immigration policies in Los Angeles.
They are there in a supporting role and are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity, such as arrests, unless the Insurrection Act is invoked.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/los-angeles-ice-protests-latest-trump-b2765843.html
Translation -
HE IS GOING TO INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT
THATS WHY ALL THE TANKS IN DC
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